Original title Människohamn Language Swedish ISBN 978-1-84916-511-2 Publisher Quercus Published in english 30 September 2010 | Translator Marlaine Delargy Published in English 2010-09-30 Originally published 2008 Genre Horror fiction Country Sweden | |
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Harbour (Swedish: Människohamn) is a 2008 horror/drama novel written by John Ajvide Lindqvist about a cursed island called Domarö in the Stockholm archipelago.
Contents
Plot introduction
The story follows Anders whose young daughter goes missing one winter day. Several years later an alcoholic and divorced Anders returns to the island. The novel also follows Anders' stepfather on the island, the illusionist Simon, who is starting to notice that there is something strange with the island and the sea itself.
Author's device
John Ajvide Lindqvist has said that the one concept he wanted to use in his novel from the start was that of using two ghosts driving around on a moped and speaking in The Smiths quotes.
References
Harbour (novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA